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. 2012 Jun 14;344:e3319. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3319

Table 1.

 Summary of baseline characteristics and follow-up data by procedure type in patients undergoing cemented or uncemented hip arthroplasty. Figures are numbers (percentage) unless stated otherwise

Cemented (n=154 996) Uncemented (n=120 017) Overall (n=275 013)
Baseline characteristics
Age (years):
 Mean (SD) 73.2 (8.7) 66.7 (10.1) 70.4 (9.9)
 Median 73.8 67.0 71.2
 Interquartile range 68.0-79.2 60.5-73.7 64.2-77.3
 Range 15.9-103.4 15.4-106.2 15.4-106.2
Sex:
 Men 53 409 (34.5) 50 529 (42.1) 103 938 (37.8)
 Women 101 587 (65.5) 69 488 (57.9) 171 075 (62.2)
ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) grade:
 1 22 336 (14.4) 24 276 (20.2) 46 612 (17.0)
 2 107 395 (69.3) 82 104 (68.4) 189 499 (68.9)
 3 24 369 (15.7) 13 151 (11.0) 37 520 (13.6)
 4 852 (0.6) 456 (0.4) 1308 (0.5)
 5 44 (0.03) 30 (0.02) 74 (0.03)
Surgery
Approach:
 Anterior 485 (0.3) 429 (0.4) 914 (0.4)
 Anterolateral 12 223 (8.6) 7161 (6.1) 19 384 (7.5)
 Hardinge 34 366 (24.1) 28 834 (24.7) 63 200 (24.3)
 Lateral (incl Hardinge) 30 137 (21.1) 14 321 (12.3) 44 458 (17.1)
 Posterior 59 855 (41.9) 61 086 (52.3) 120 941 (46.6)
 Trochanteric osteotomy 1164 (0.8) 96 (0.1) 1260 (0.5)
 Other 4620 (3.2) 4989 (4.3) 9609 (3.7)
 Missing 12 146 (7.8) 3101 (2.6) 15 247 (5.5)
Complexity of procedure:
 Primary 141 825 (91.5) 119 172 (99.3) 260 997 (94.9)
 Complex primary 13 171 (8.5) 845 (0.7) 14 016 (5.1)
Both sides:
 No 154 798 (99.9) 119 497 (99.6) 274 295 (99.7)
 Yes 198 (0.1) 520 (0.4) 718 (0.3)
Follow-up
Endpoint:
 Death 11 745 (7.6) 3728 (3.1) 15 473 (5.6)
 Revision 1589 (1.0) 1917 (1.6) 3506 (1.3)
 Unrevised 141 662 (91.4) 114 372 (95.3) 256 034 (93.1)
Total length of follow-up, person years 535 035 323 477 858 512